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Republican who won county seat pleads guilty to sexual assault of daughter

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John Jessup , the commissioner of Hancock , Indiana , was charged in Nevada in June in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in January .

Indiana prohibits convicted felons from serving in state or local elected offices.

But he remained in office as a county commissioner, ran for a seat on the Hancock council , a distinct elected body, and emerged as one of three victors after collecting about 15,000 votes.